A map shows various ‘provinces’ claimed by the Islamic State, including Khorasan in South-Central Asia. The map is displayed in The Museum of Resistance in Tehran and captioned “Isis, the illusion ...

This analysis of IS-K was published in 2018 and is not being updated. For a more recent analysis of Islamic State Khorasan from the Transnational Threats Project, please click here. Islamic State ...

After suffering a string of major defeats in 2019 and 2020, the Islamic State in Khorasan (IS-K) was well past its peak in August 2021 when the Taliban seized control ...

Four years after the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, the threat posed by the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) has expanded beyond the region, now endangering both America and Europe. With the ...

With the Taliban now operating as the de-facto government in Afghanistan, the Islamic State in Khorasan (IS-K) has displayed considerable adaptability and resilience in recent years to maintain a ...